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The Movies: The Seventies review - a mirror on malaiseWednesday, 23 September 2020
Sky’s 12-part documentary series The Movies is an unabashed celebration of American cinema. Barrages of clips make it an entertaining survey of Hollywood (and occasionally Off-Hollywood) through the years. Read more... |
A Special School, BBC Wales review - heartwarming film about special needs educationTuesday, 15 September 2020
This warm-hearted and informative documentary series about life in a Welsh special education school probably isn’t going to be a ratings buster for the BBC but it’s one of the most touching and well-made shows I’ve seen in a long time. Read more... |
Extinction: The Facts, BBC One review - David Attenborough tells a devastating storyMonday, 14 September 2020
Fires are raging: by human agency – unthinking greed – in the Amazonian rainforest, by climate change, arson and accident in California and the American Northwest, and barely under control in Australia, another country whose leading politicians and media deny climate change. Read more... |
The Singapore Grip, ITV review - colonial clichésMonday, 14 September 2020
ITV’s Sunday evening costume drama slot is filled for the next six weeks with this lacklustre adaptation of JG Farrell’s satirical novel, The Singapore Grip. Read more... |
Away, Netflix review - pioneering voyage to Mars descends into astrosoapFriday, 11 September 2020
Could you cope with spending three years away from your family and loved ones while you went on the first crewed mission to Mars? This is the question that underpins Away, Netflix’s new space exploration drama. Read more... |
Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum, ITV review - will motherhood be the gateway to a new life?Wednesday, 02 September 2020
Apart from her acting abilities, the qualities which made Sheridan Smith a star were her authenticity and lack of pretension. Read more... |
All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5 review - revival of vintage vet show is full of Yorkshire promiseWednesday, 02 September 2020
The BBC’s version of James Herriot’s books about his life as a Yorkshire vet became a weekend TV staple, running for seven series and a couple of Christmas specials between the late Seventies and the start of the Nineties. Read more... |
I Hate Suzie, Sky Atlantic review - Billie Piper excels as an actress on the edgeFriday, 28 August 2020
“I’m going to be a Disney princess!” Thirty-five-year-old actress Suzie Pickles (Billie Piper) is screaming with joy at having got the part, and her deaf, seven-year-old son Frank (Matthew Jordan-Caws) looks excited too. Her husband’s reaction? “I thought you were too old.” Read more... |
Our World: Colombia - Saving Eden, BBC Two review - the war is over, but can they save the rainforests?Wednesday, 26 August 2020
Stories of the destruction of the natural environment are depressingly common, but Frank Gardner brought a fresh slant to this punchy account of a botanical expedition to Colombia (BBC Two). Read more... |
The Truth about Cosmetic Treatments, BBC One review - pain, but not much gain?Wednesday, 26 August 2020
According to one interviewee here, a young Mancunian woman festooned with eyeliner, tattoos, pumped-up lips and huge hoop earrings, a major motivation for having cosmetic treatments is to make yourself look like Kylie Jenner and the Kardashians. Read more... |
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